Course Catalog - 2008-2009

     

CEVE 402 - CHEM FOR ENVI. ENG. LAB

Long Title: CHEMISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE LABORATORY
Department: Civil & Environmental Engr
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Laboratory
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisite(s): CEVE 203
Description: Designed to accompany CEVE 203 and 401, this course covers basic statistics needed for data reduction, including curve fitting and calculation of confidence intervals. Most common measures of water quality are performed including pH, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, and spectroscopic methods. Students will do extractions of trace contaminants from soils and water and measure the concentrations of organic compounds and heavy metals.